Literature in Letters, Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent Persons

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James Philemon Holcombe
D. Appleton, 1866 - 520 Seiten

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Seite 495 - cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee ; nor, again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble, are more necessary." The poor, then, being as it were the
Seite 436 - in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The lab'ring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied ; Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ; Towers and battlements it sees, Bosom'd high in tufted trees. * * * « » Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes From
Seite 151 - fugavi, redit. And it will happen to such as us, mere imps of science. Well it may, when wisdom herself is forced often In sweet retired solitude To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too raffled, and
Seite 305 - people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourself to armed multitudes for fear of treachery ; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants
Seite 306 - Speech at Tilbury Fort. than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject ; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valor in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdoms,
Seite 221 - cock, and calls up the lark to mattins ; and by and by gilds the fringes of a cloud, and peeps over the eastern hills, thrusting out his golden horns * » * ; and still (while a man tells the story) the sun gets up higher till he shows a fair face and a full
Seite 401 - which my dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honor which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. * When Johnson determined to write an English dictionary, he addressed the prospectus to Lord Chesterfield, who was regarded as the
Seite 142 - And snatched them in celestial fire. Live well, and fear no sudden fate ; When God calls virtue to the grave, Alike 'tis justice, soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue, unmoved, can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the ball. Upon the whole, I can't think these people unhappy. The
Seite 443 - with tears. There is a tradition which I have met with in many places of Scotland, that it was Robert Bruce's march at the battle of Bannockburn. This thought in my solitary wanderings, warmed me to a pitch of enthusiasm on the theme of liberty and independence, which I
Seite 279 - the hearth, and to offer it for his refreshment beneath a tree, in the plains of Mamre; while Amraphel, King of Shinar ; Arioch, King of Ellasar ; Chedorlaomer, King of Elam ; and Tidal, King of Nations, are at war with Beza, King of Sodom ; and with Birsha, King of Gomorrah ; Shinab, King of Admah ; and Shemeber, King of Zeboim ; and the King

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